Hey Pandas, What Is Something You've Always Wanted To Ask Someone From A Different Religion Or Belief?

As an atheist I would love to know how you believe anything without sufficient evidence? I used to believe in santa but then one day i started thinking critically and no longer did. How are you not doing the same with your beliefs. Serious question.

As a born and raised atheist, I have two questions.

1) how much of a threat does the idea of hell pose to your everyday lives? Does it impact your decisions a lot? I’ve never had to worry about hell or other versions of afterlife punishments, but I still believe that I live a relatively good life, all things considered.

2) if a godly figure came down and said ‘this other religion is correct’ would you convert, or keep your beliefs despite knowing that they’re the “incorrect” ones? That question may be a bit more sensitive, sorry.

I mean no offence on either question, just a curious Pangolinian bean.

How do you know yours is the "correct" one? Is it just a believing thing?

This is a great post and, for the most part the questions and answers were thoughtful. I’d like to see more posts like this (as opposed to even one more person complaining about their in-laws …).

Okay I have a question for Christians, but first let me talk about the Islamic beliefs around the topic.

In Islam, we also believe in Jesus ('Eesa or 'Isa in Arabic), but we believe that he himself was not divine. He was a regular human being like us who was a prophet of Allah. We believe that the miraculous nature of his birth does not necessitate that he himself was divine. Also we believe that he wasn't killed or crucified. A man from among those who were out to find him and bring him to the place of crucifixion was made to resemble him, and he was the one who was nailed to the cross. Meanwhile, God raised Jesus up to the heavens to protect him, and there he remains until he will return one day.

My question is, what exactly is the relationship between Jesus and God in Christianity? I know Jesus is believed to be divine, but does that make him a separate deity, a part of a whole, or just God's manifestation on Earth for the time he was alive?

Atheists that live in the US, the pledge of allegiance mentions god. What do you think about that?

I really don’t understand the concept of fasting in Muslim, Hindu and Islamic traditions. Does it have to be followed? What can you or can’t you eat? Just a breakdown would be great to understand it more! Thank you!

I’m not religious for many reasons but respect those of faith. However… I desperately struggle with the fact that religion has so often been the root cause of so much difference, discrimination, intolerance, prejudice, division, hatred, war and indeed death. Aside from perhaps money/land/greed and politics, I can’t think of a single more damaging element in society. For all the preaching of love, tolerance, peace and harmony… would the world be a better place without religion? It’s not as though we’d suddenly lose all sense of morals and ethics. Thoughts on a postcard…

I’m an operating room nurse, and I’ve been wondering this for a long time. Why do Jehovahs Witnesses refuse blood transfusions? No judgement, I just want to understand!

To the Christians, from a Muslim - original sin. (I'm not sure if all Christians believe in this or only some so sorry about my ignorance!) It's always stumped me. How could anyone believe a newborn baby is inherently sinful? We have an opposite concept in Islam, called the fitra - meaning innate human goodness - that every person is born on.

Also, every single woman to ever exist will be punished with her period because of what Eve apparently did? That's what i've heard at least, please correct me if I'm wrong but also what

How does one reconcile the fact that actions and policies carried out by their religious "team" fly right in the face of their own commitment to openness, acceptance, and the general wellbeing of humanity? i.e., "My group includes members that (through financial support) actively promote the killing of LGBTQ+ people. I don't do it, but my "team members" do, and they do it in the name of our God." How can one do anything but completely disassociate themselves from that?

For hijabis, what do you do when it’s really cold? Are you able to line the inside of the hijab with faux fur, wear a hat on top if it or something? Also building on that - what would you do if you wanted to swim; are there waterproof hijabs?

Second question for hijabis: Do you have to wear the hijab, or could you cover your hair with something else?

One thing I've never understood about Christians. Why are they so sad at funerals? If the dead person is going to heaven then they should be happy, shouldn't they?

I ask this without malice and with true curiosity: Why are some rules in the Bible followed while others are ignored and why does it seem as if the rules that are quoted the most apply to "others" while those that are ignored apply to "themselves"? For example: Divorce is fine but homosexuality is evil? Why, in certain circumstances is it okay to view the rules as anecdotal while in other circumstances they are literal?

Does god really forgive everything?

this is an interesting question to put out and some of the questions/statements were great while some had some thinly veiled comments that implied anyone who has faith is an idiot. what i ask is why don't more religions teach that it is okay to see the humorous and funny part of faith? it seems that all religions need to stop being so serious and, if it is true that g-d made us in his/her image the we need to realize that we are a pretty funny bunch.

A frivolous one.
Sikhs, do the different ways of tying a turban mean anything? Or are they all merely style statements?

As somebody who is kinda in between being an atheist and a christian, how can you be so sure that what you’re believing in is right? Like, I pray to the holy spirit and ask snd thank it for forgiveness, but then I get worried that if other religions are correct I would go to “hell” for not believing in the right thing

For Christians, (I don't wanna be offensive, some of my friends are Christian) in the Bible do you think men are above women? Because I read some of the Bible and Adam was more "powerful" than Eve. I think men and women should be equal. How do you feel that Lillith got punished (the first wife of Adam, I think)? Do you believe everything in the Bible is true?

If you met someone who disliked you religion would you not want to still be friends I want to know I just had this happen to me so